South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts49—Obligation to report medical unfitness or unprofessional conduct of
medical practitioner or medical student
(1) If any of the
following persons, namely—
(a) a
health professional who has treated, or is treating, a patient who is a
medical practitioner or medical student; or
(b) a
person who provides medical treatment through the instrumentality of a
medical practitioner or medical student; or
(c) a
hospital that has entered into an arrangement with a medical practitioner
under which the medical practitioner provides medical treatment at the
hospital to his or her patients; or
(d) the
person in charge of an educational institution at which a medical student is
enrolled in a course of study providing qualifications for registration on the
general register under this Act,
is of the opinion that the practitioner or student is or may be medically
unfit to provide medical treatment, the person must submit a written report to
the Board setting out his or her reasons for that opinion and any other
information required by the regulations.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(2) If a
medical services provider or exempt provider is of the opinion that a
medical practitioner or medical student through whom the provider provides
medical treatment has engaged in unprofessional conduct, the provider must
submit a written report to the Board setting out the provider's reasons for
that opinion and any other information required by the regulations.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(3) The Board must
cause a report made under this section to be investigated.
(4) In this
section—
"health professional" means—
(a) a
medical practitioner; or
(b) a
psychologist; or
(c) any
other person who belongs to a profession, or who has an occupation, declared
by the Board, by notice in the Gazette, to be a profession or occupation
within the ambit of this definition.